Means for attaching steel car ends



July 10, 1923.

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MS FOR ATTACG- STEEL CAR ENDS.

@rlgiaal {application filed November 19, 1920, Serial No. 425,040. Divided and this application filed February 17, 1921 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. VAN Dorm, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Im' rovement in Means for Attaching Steel ar Ends, and declare the follow- I ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use tlfe'same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

In my prior application for improvements in corrugated metal car end, filed November 19, 1920, Serial No. 425,040, of which the present application is a division,

I have disclosed a novel form of corrugated steel panel possessing great strength and unusually great capacity to resist forces acting transversely to the plane thereof. The

present invention has for its object to produce a simple and efiicient connection between. one or more of such panels and the side-members of a car body or the like.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but for a full understanding of my invention and of its object and advantages, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a box car end embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse SGCtlOp through the metal end detached from the car Fig. 3 is a section taken approximately on line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, on an enlarged scale, of a modification Showing only one corner of the car;

Fig. 5 is an elevation of an end of a gondola car embodying my invention;

Fig. 6 is a section taken approximately on line 66 of Fig. 5; and

Fig. 7 is a transverse section on line 7-7 of Fi El.

In Figures 1 to 3 of the drawings I have illustrated my invention in the form of an end for a box car, the end being made in two panels one arranged above the "other. Referring to these figures, I and 2 repre sent respectively the lower and the upper Serial no. 445,682.

. panels, these being conveniently secured together by a riveted lap joint,'3. Each of the panels is in the form of a flatsheet. hav ing a plurality of parallel corrugations extending from the vicinity of one side edge to the .vicinity of the other side edge. In the particular arrangement shown, each entire panel, with the vexception of a flat marginal rim-like portion is filled with corrugations, the latter being of approximately uniform depth throughout their length.

In accordance with my invention I bend the corrugations lengthwise transversely of the plane of the sheet without bodily bending the sheet so as to give them an arched or bow-shaped formation. This can be ac corrugations is avoided. In the arrange-'- ment shown, the central section, 4, of each corrugation is pressed outwardly from the plane'of the sheet while the two end sections, 5 and 6, are pressed inwardly, all three of the sections being preferably straight. The extreme ends of the corrugations are preferably flattened as indicated at 7, so as to lie in planes which make an obtuse angle with the plane of the sheet. The metal end is fastened to the sides, 8, of the car in any suitable way. The sides, 8, are illustrated as terminating in corner posts, 9. The fiat marginal portions at the sides of the end extend across the posts and are flanged around the same as indicated at 10. Secured to the inner faces of the posts are vertical reinforcing bars, 11, L-shaped in cross section, one flange of each of these bars being conveniently tiedto the post and to the flange, 10, by means of bolts, 12, and the other flange being fastened to the end sections, 5, of the corrugations by suitable rivets, 13. Further stiffness may be given to each corner by means of an angle iron, 14, one flange of which is riveted to the member 11 as indicated at 15, and the other of which is bolted through'the correspond ing side of the car and through the corresponding flange, 10, by means of bolts, 1%.

his?) lil'i till In Fig. 4 the corrugations are shown as being somewhat lon er than in Figs. 1 to 3, the flattened ends 0 the end sections resting against a corespondingly-shaped surface, 17, on the post 18. In addition to the bolts, 19, passing through the post and the flange 10, there are other bolts, 20, extending throu h the post andthe fiat marginal portion of t e sheet parallel with the longitudinal axis of the car. A reinforcin bar, 21, L-shaped in cross section, is secure by one flange to the post by means of the bolts, 19, and has its other flange riveted to the corrugations as indicated at 22.

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7 there is shown an end for a gondola car similar to the construction illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the end in this instance, however, beingmade of a single panel and it being shown applied to thin side walls, 40, with which no corner posts are associated. The side marginal portions of the panel are flanged around the sides, as indicated at 10, in the same manner as heretofore explained, and the corners are reinforced by means of the L-shaped bars,'11, and the angle irons, 14, corresponding to the parts simiarly numbered in Fig. 3. Around the top of the car is a bulb angle, 41, one flange of which is horizontal and one flange of which is vertical and arranged behind the upper 'flat marginal portion of the panel, the panel and this vertical flange being fastened together b rivets, 42. The panel is flanged outward y at its lower end as indicated at 43 and is riveted to the up or flange of the end sill,-44, or other suitab e floor structure.

While I have illustrated and described with particularity only a few preferred forms of my invention, T do not desire to be limited to the particular details thus illustrated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements coming within the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claims. Furthermore, I desire to have it understood that the word bent is used in the claims more in the sense of shape or contour rather than in the sense of a particular process employed inproducingsuch shape. In other words, by bent I mean something that is not straight.

I claim:

1. The combination with the side walls of a car body, of a sheet metal end having its side marginal portions flanged to engage with the outer faces of said side walls, said end having transverse corrugations bent lengthwise so as to bring the ends on the inner side of the, plane of the sheet and the middle portion on the outer side of the plane of the sheet, and reinforcing elements lying within the corners formed by the said walls and said end and secured respectively to the end portions of the corrugations and to the said side walls.

9,. The cembination with the side walls walls, said end havin eteor of a car body, of a sheet metal end having its side marginal portions flanged to engage with the outer faces-of said side walls, said end havin transverse corrugations at least the ends 0 which lie on the inner side of the plane of the sheet, and reinforcing elements lying within the corners formed by the said walls and said end and secured respectively to the end portions of the corrugations and to the said side walls. I

3. The combination with the side walls of a car body, of a sheet metal end having its side marginal portions flanged to engage with the outer faces of said side walls, said end having transverse corrugations bent lengthwise so as to bringthe ends on the inner side of the plane of the sheet and the middle portion on the outer side of the plane of the sheet, and vertical reinforcing bars lying within the corners formed by the said walls and said end and'secured respectively to the end portions of the corrugations and to the said sidewalls.

4. The combination with the side walls of a car body, of a sheet metal end having its side marginal portions flanged to engage with the outer faces of said side walls, said end having transverse corrugations bent lengthwise so as to brin the ends on the inner side of the plane 0 the sheet and the middle portion on the outer side of the plane of the sheet, vertical metal bars lyin within the corners formed by the said wa ls and said end and secured to said walls, and elements connecting said bars to the adjacent end portions of the corrugations.

5. The combination with the side walls of a car body, of a sheet metal end having its side marginal ortions flanged to engage with the outer aces of said side walls, said end having transverse corrugations bent lengthwise so as to bring the ends on the inner side of the plane of'the sheet and the middle portion on the outer side of the plane of the sheet, vertical angle irons 1 ing within the corners formed by the said we. ls and said end and secured to said walls, and vertical bars-secured respectively to said angle irons and to the adjacent end portions of the corrugations.

6. The combination with the side walls of a car bod of a sheet metal end having ing tegral si e marginal portions flange engage with the outer faces of said side walls, said end having transverse corrugations, and reinforcing elements lying within the corners formed by the said walls and said end and secured respectively to the end ortions of the corrugations and to the said side walls.

'7. The combination with the side walls of a carbody, oil a sheet metal end having integral side marginal portions flanged to engage with the outer faces of said side transverse corrugations, and vertical rem'l ercing bare lying let . bars secured respectively to said angle irons said side walls, vertical metal bars lying within the corners formed by the said walls and said end and secured to said walls, and

elements connecting said bars to the adja cent portions of the sheet metal end.

9. The combination with the side walls of a car body, of a corrugated sheet metal end having its side marginal portions flanged to engage with the outer faces of said side walls, vertical angle irons lying within the corners formed by the said walls and said end and secured to said walls, and vertical and to the adjacent end portions of the said sheet metal end. I

10. The combination with the side walls of a car body, of a sheet metal end having transverse corrugations bent lengthwise so as to bring the ends on the inner side of the plane of the sheet and the middle portion on the outer side of the plane of the sheet, and vertical reinforcing bars lying with the corners formed by the said walls and said end and secured respectively to the end portions of the corrugations and to the said side walls.

11. The combination with the side walls of a car body, of a sheet metal end having transverse corrugations bent lengthwise so as to bring the ends on the inner side of the plane of the sheet and the middle portion on the outer side of the plane of the sheet, vertical metal bars lying within the corners formed by the said walls and said end and secured to said walls, and elements connecting said bars to the adjacent end portions of the corrugations.

12. The combination with the side walls of a car body, of a corru ated sheet metal end, vertical metal bars ing within the corners formed by the said walls and said end and secured to said walls, and additional bars connecting said bars to the adjacent portions of the sheet metal end.

13. The combination with the side walls of a car body, of a corrugated sheet metal end,

vertical angle irons lying within the corners formed by-the said walls and said end and secured to said walls, and vertical bars secured respectively to said angle irons and to the adjacent end metal end.

14. The combination with the side walls of a car body, of a sheet metal end extending between and across the ends of said side walls, said end having transverse corrugations bent lengthwise so as to bring the ends on the inner side of the plane of the sheet and the middle portion on the outer side of the plane of the sheet, and reinforcing elements lying within the corners formed by said walls and said metal end and secured to the end portions of the corrugations and to said side walls.

15. The combination with the side walls of a car body, of a sheet metal end extending between said walls, said sheet metal end having transverse corrugations bent lengthwise so as to bring the ends of the corrugations on the inner side of the plane of the sheet and the middle portions on the outer side of the plane of the sheet, and vertical reinforcing bars lying within the corners formed by said walls and said metal end and secured to the end portions of the corrugations and to said side walls.

16. The combination with the side walls of a car body, of a sheet metal end extending between said side walls and having transverse corrugations bent lengthwise so as to bring the ends thereof on the inner side of the plane of the sheet and the middle portions on the outer side of the plane of the sheet, and reinforcing elements lying within the corners formed by said walls and said end, each of said elements having a portions of the said sheet flange portion lying against the end portions of the corrugations and parallel with the longitudinal elements of said end por-' tions, said reinforcing elements being secured respectivel to the end portions of the corrugations an to said side walls.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

WILLIAM E. VAN DORN. 

